Articles
2007 Top 10s and 20s
2007 Artist Picks
Meissner Interview

Albums
7 Hertz
Aarktica
Alka
Axiotronic
Dale Berning
BJNilsen & Z'ev
John Callaghan
Cousin Lou
Dif:use
Disrupt
Domink Eulberg
Donna Regina
Eedl
Erstlaub
FF Burning & BC Motel
Fibla
Figurines
Fond Of Tigers
Freescha
Brian Grainger
Inhabitants
Klimek
Liquid Stranger
Low Res
Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia
Northern
Adam Pacione
Part Timer
Steve Peters
Phreakon
Pig & Dan
Pinch
Rechenzentrum
Sebastien Roux
Sciajno & English
The Seasons
Slow Dancing Society
Steinbrüchel
Talvekoidik
Translations
Ulver
Uusitalo
Tony Wilson 6Tet
Wilson/Lee/Bentley

Compilations/Mixes
15 Exitos Grandes
Steve Lawler
Pole
Sven Väth

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Ada
Alland Byallo
Formication
Tim Hecker
Hybernation
Karoshi Bros
Lilienweiss
Move D
Tor Lundvall
Shreber Harber Mole FW
Sun Electric
Amon Tobin
Gez Varley

Move D: Quit Quittin'
Uzuri

Uzuri would seem to be taking a page out of the Yore playbook, if Move D's Quit Quittin', the label's second EP, is any indication as David Moufang's four tracks are refined samplings of old-school techno. The EP's best moment, the title track, gets funky with a bass-crawling, acid-techno pulse spiced with handclaps and soulful shout-outs, after which “Jus House” wends a minimal route and adopts smooth synth chords and a funkily swinging lope to help it on its way. The party jam-styled “Sisters & Brothers” impresses less, largely because it sounds too much like an instrumental knockoff of Michael Jackson's “Billie Jean,” with the song's familiar 4/4 stomp and rolling bass line coursing throughout. The EP ends strongly with the insistently grooving and rather trippy “Crashed Jazz.” Coming from someone with Moufang's years of experience, no one should be too surprised that the material's solid, though it's a shame the EP ends just when it feels like it's getting started.

January 2008